RTX A4500 Mobile vs ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 76 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 22.38 |
| Architecture | Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | RV516 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 2007 (17 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 5888 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 105 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 32 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.400 | 276.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 17.66 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 96 |
| TMUs | 4 | 184 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 184 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 46 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x1 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MBps | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59 | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 32 Watt | 140 Watt |
ATI FireMV 2250 PCIe x1 has 337.5% lower power consumption.
RTX A4500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FireMV 2250 PCIe x1 and RTX A4500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FireMV 2250 PCIe x1 is a desktop card while RTX A4500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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